CIVICUS speaks with Ukrainian gender rights activist Maryna Rudenko about the gendered impacts of the war in Ukraine and the importance of including women in peacebuilding efforts. Russia’s full-scale ...

Under the Tanzanian sun, Neema Mushi wipes sweat from her dust-covered face and swings her pickaxe into the earth. this is her life as a woman miner.

The Trump administration’s on-again-off-again threats against the United Nations, and US withdrawals from several UN agencies aggravated further by financial cutbacks, have left most staffers with ...

Immunization for All is Humanly Possible”, emphasizes the need to eradicate disparities in access to vaccines, particularly ...

The Rogun Dam in the mountains of Southern Tajikistan, if ever completed, would be the tallest dam in the world. Late last year, the World Bank committed almost $3 billion to finance its development, ...

Indigenous people play a vital role in ocean protection due to their deep-rooted connection to the marine environment and ...

Participants will leave the 10th Our Oceans Conference with stark reminders that with sea levels rising, low-lying areas are threatened.

Half a century after ECOWAS promised peace and prosperity, three breakaway states are testing West African solidarity, sparking a potential trade war. Unless last-minute diplomatic efforts can save ...

Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum signed into law a constitutional reform banning the cultivation of genetically modified ...

Water emergencies are deeply personal to us. Coming from Southeast Asia and southern Africa—two regions that struggle with ...

The world's largest international policing organisation Interpol is being used by governments to track down political opponents and human rights campaigners, an IPS investigation reveals.

The Trump administration’s hostile attitude towards Western Europe—and the threat to pullout of the 32-member military alliance, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) – signifies the danger of ...